June 2012 Weddings

XP: How do you get your FI to clean?

Also posted on The Nest.

This is the one thing my FI and I argue about. We will discuss it and then he will be better for a while and then it gets bad again.

I made a list of everything I do and what needs to be done around the house and we split it. He picked what he wanted to do. Then he drags his feet or flat out refuses to do it. And when he does, he doesn't finish it completely. (He left leaves on the floor the other day because 'the vacuum didn't pick it up'. WTF?!)

I have tried asking him nicely to do it. I have tried not saying anything. Basically I have to get really pissed before it gets done half the time. My dream is he will just do it in a timely manner and actually finish the chore and I won't have to say anything.

Why does he make me feel like his mother (cleanig up after him)  and mine (a huge nagger) at the same time?

I'm sure this post makes me sound like a biitch and a huge nag, but I'm really not! ;)

How do I get him to understand that it is his house and mess too? And just because he doesn't like to do it, doesn't mean "it's a Fawn thing".

What have you guys done and found helpful? I feel like an under-appreciated maid that works for free.

PS~ We both work full time. And me just doing it isn't an option. Helping out is important to me because it leads into raising kids and I refuse to do that all by myself.

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